That's funny... we test ALL of our low level code on an emulator BEFORE we try to run it on real hardware. The development platform is Win2k on x86. The emulation is run on the SAME platform. The target is Z80, AVR, PIC, 68040 or PowerPC, depending upon the product in question.
I'm a professional developers working for a manufacturer of precision instrumentation. I don't see any problems with what he's trying to do. Although, he'd be wise to test it on real hardware before giving it to the prof...
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CD Singles as a form might be dying. The concept, however, has simply changed form (from vinyl to tape to CD to downloadable mp3 and AAC files) and is in growth.
One of the perceived benefits to open source projects, such as Linux, is that the "community" is able to respond quickly to serious bugs or security issues. This often results in a patch being released within hours of the problem being found. This community of volunteers work in parallel with an army of professional programmers. This provides not only a sense of accountability and professionalism; but also guarantees a thorough code review.
Has Microsoft management ever considered creating an open source Windows which could take advantage of this resource? Restated, has Microsoft considered cultivating a "community" of volunteer developers with access to Windows source code.
It produces more. And, by design, the waste is VERY difficult to reprocess. However, it's very stable and could be encased / buried without concern for it ever leaking out.
I live within 10 miles of two commercial power reactors. Within 10 miles of where they build (and test) nuclear powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Within 20 miles of the largest naval base on the east coast.
I am not, at all, afraid of nuclear power plants, nor do I have any concern for my two children wrt those plants.
Plan A: Add robotically controlled mass drivers to an asteroid or comet. Push said object into collision orbit with Mars.
Plan B: Send self-replicating robotic factories to Mars. Task robots with releasing greenhouse gasses and O2, as well as dropping carbon-black on surface as they pass over.
Far fetched? Yes. Plausible? Not really. Impossible? No.
The article states everything needed is available ON MARS. You'd send robotic factories to Mars to mine, process, and distribute the materials automatically. Nothing but the originial equipment would need to be sent. No chemicals would need be made here. No human interaction, except for some remote input, would be required.
Actually, I'd have to argue the opposite. IF we really are screwing up Earth, possibly beyond all hope of recovery, then we really MUST start working on a second home for humanity to live. In the worst case, we'll learn some valuable lessons that can be applied to saving Earth.
Now, having said that, I don't believe it's anywhere close to as bad as I'm suggesting in this example.
Yes, if the Earth was destroyed, the moon's trajectory would be hosed. However, the Earth isn't likely to be destroyed (before the Sun expands to red giant stage). The worst that could happen is that it'll get hit hard enough to heat and liquify the surface. The Moon wouldn't be affected much by this. Anyone left on the Moon would survive, to the extent that the colony or "city" was self-sufficient.
The problem is that it's easy to send a manned "ship" to space, where the pressure differential is less than 15 lbs per square inch. At the ocean bottom, pressures are exceed 13 TONS per square inch (average depth ~12k ft, salinity and temperature not accounted for). It's fairly hard to build a "ship" that can handle that.
certainly you will. just like I'm currently working on upgrading my car to fuel injection... There will be people who are willing to take the time and put in the effort to maintain their classic car.
As an engineer working for a sensor manufacturer, I can tell you it's not an uncommon failure mode for a simple analog sensor to produce a reading that's wrong; but, not totally out of range. We'd love to have sensors that simply fail outright, when they do fail. The real world just isn't that easy.
This works fine until the day your power supply dies and takes the drives with it. It's unlikely to happen; but that does not mean impossible... I know. I've seen it.
They're using DDR memory which runs at 333 MHz. AMD does something similar and publishes the higher memory bus rate as the "bus" speed, with the 32 bit Athlons. Intel uses a quad clock scheme that multiplies the bus x4 for memory transfers; but, it's only effective in bursts. The "533MHz" Intel bus is only clocking at 133MHz.
Basic is still widely used in business apps and engineering test stands. unfortunately. I know, because I'm living in Basic hell -- since it's the lowest common denominator in our companies engineering department...
But what's really funny about THAT is there's a better than average chance the new computer will not have SP2 already installed. You'll have to connect to the internet & download the service pack, during which you stand a good chance ending up infected anyway.
Someone read an article about a technology that's been in literature for a while and in working silicon for over a year... Thought it was something new... and got it posted on/. as NEWS.
he's repeatedly indicated that he views Red Hat as the only viable competative business in the stock exchange. He discounts IBM because they're shipping Red Hat and he isn't counting Novel/Suse because, I guess, they're not presenting a challenge to Sun yet.
He won't include any of the other distro's, like Debian or Gentoo because he can't easily put a dollar figure on their sales. He has blinders on...
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I'm a professional developers working for a manufacturer of precision instrumentation. I don't see any problems with what he's trying to do. Although, he'd be wise to test it on real hardware before giving it to the prof...
CD Singles as a form might be dying. The concept, however, has simply changed form (from vinyl to tape to CD to downloadable mp3 and AAC files) and is in growth.
Has Microsoft management ever considered creating an open source Windows which could take advantage of this resource? Restated, has Microsoft considered cultivating a "community" of volunteer developers with access to Windows source code.
It produces more. And, by design, the waste is VERY difficult to reprocess. However, it's very stable and could be encased / buried without concern for it ever leaking out.
I am not, at all, afraid of nuclear power plants, nor do I have any concern for my two children wrt those plants.
You've got to be joking.
Plan B: Send self-replicating robotic factories to Mars. Task robots with releasing greenhouse gasses and O2, as well as dropping carbon-black on surface as they pass over.
Far fetched? Yes. Plausible? Not really. Impossible? No.
Well, as soon as you find us another Earth like planet that we can run some full scale tests on, we'll get started.
The article states everything needed is available ON MARS. You'd send robotic factories to Mars to mine, process, and distribute the materials automatically. Nothing but the originial equipment would need to be sent. No chemicals would need be made here. No human interaction, except for some remote input, would be required.
Now, having said that, I don't believe it's anywhere close to as bad as I'm suggesting in this example.
Yes, if the Earth was destroyed, the moon's trajectory would be hosed. However, the Earth isn't likely to be destroyed (before the Sun expands to red giant stage). The worst that could happen is that it'll get hit hard enough to heat and liquify the surface. The Moon wouldn't be affected much by this. Anyone left on the Moon would survive, to the extent that the colony or "city" was self-sufficient.
The problem is that it's easy to send a manned "ship" to space, where the pressure differential is less than 15 lbs per square inch. At the ocean bottom, pressures are exceed 13 TONS per square inch (average depth ~12k ft, salinity and temperature not accounted for). It's fairly hard to build a "ship" that can handle that.
That's called a dependancy. the same thing will happen on a linux box if you don't have the required packages installed.
certainly you will. just like I'm currently working on upgrading my car to fuel injection... There will be people who are willing to take the time and put in the effort to maintain their classic car.
As an engineer working for a sensor manufacturer, I can tell you it's not an uncommon failure mode for a simple analog sensor to produce a reading that's wrong; but, not totally out of range. We'd love to have sensors that simply fail outright, when they do fail. The real world just isn't that easy.
This works fine until the day your power supply dies and takes the drives with it. It's unlikely to happen; but that does not mean impossible... I know. I've seen it.
They're using DDR memory which runs at 333 MHz. AMD does something similar and publishes the higher memory bus rate as the "bus" speed, with the 32 bit Athlons. Intel uses a quad clock scheme that multiplies the bus x4 for memory transfers; but, it's only effective in bursts. The "533MHz" Intel bus is only clocking at 133MHz.
Basic is still widely used in business apps and engineering test stands. unfortunately. I know, because I'm living in Basic hell -- since it's the lowest common denominator in our companies engineering department...
This is why I'm in coding hell... I'm forced to use VB because it's something the other engineers can "understand"
Yeah, for an 800MHz G3
No, Yes, It's come full circle & the same guy(s) run it. Of course, this is all in the article...
But what's really funny about THAT is there's a better than average chance the new computer will not have SP2 already installed. You'll have to connect to the internet & download the service pack, during which you stand a good chance ending up infected anyway.
I thought of the data storage crystals used in Stargate.
Someone read an article about a technology that's been in literature for a while and in working silicon for over a year... Thought it was something new... and got it posted on /. as NEWS.
He won't include any of the other distro's, like Debian or Gentoo because he can't easily put a dollar figure on their sales. He has blinders on...